Bench-vise.



H. H. SCHMIDT.

BENCH VISE.

APPLIGATION FILED DEG. 9, 1913A Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

#HE 'uf-ms PETERS Co., PHOTWLITHQ. WASHINGTON. D4 C4 5% A am@ lfmproveinents foll HENRY scriivrrnrr, onf-Bassin; OKLAHOMA. 1

v Beitknown` thatLI; HENRr Scherrer, 1

a citizenV of' the UnitedStates, residing at Bessie, in the Vcounty of Washita yand State have inventedinewiand useful'- of Oklahoma,

owingisl a specification. n 'This invention-1 has reference to?` improve- 1ne11tsin`vises and more particularly tothatA class of such in Bench-Vises,` oil: {whichy the `rh@ Object of` the 111.16111101115110 provide quickly adjusting the'vise tothe.

means for sizeof the :material desired ltolbe clamped wthereby; and,1at the same time,.:to insure a Y i perfect holding.. ofhthe material` at' 1fpointsthereon. .a i further object-:iste equally distribute `20v i i .i portions `of the material secured Vby. the viseA therebygavoiding a 4mutilation ofthe 4surface` all its i thestrain of the clamping in emberkover all :of the material, a defect not uncommonlw'ith n Soft 0r' .Smiley the` `clamping member, land one especially noticeable when it" is desired to work with` lumber such as bass-wood, white-pine, ror the'like. 1-This equal distributionfoi" the strainof the clampingmember uponv the material will ing parts beneath"whenffleavy pressure exerted by the tools `is 'applied from above,`

thereby avoiding' the yannoyance occasioned .l i l The 'invention consists inthe construction, arrangement and combination of parts herelinafter more `fully described in a preferred form, reference now being madefto :the accompanying drawing, 1n which,`

f Figure jl is a Vside `elevation ofthe `improved vise; Fig.'2`is a viewlpartly in crosssection and partly in elevation to show the means for operating the vise; and, Fig. 3 is a"detail ofthemeans for retaining the i vise 1n a given position.

" Like characters ofreferencerefer"to like i parts throughout the several views.

As shown, the frame of the vwork bench is indicated at 1 to theend of whichis' secured i fBENcii-vIsE.

specification of Lettersratent.

deviceswhichare especially designed for use 1n `connection vvitlra4 car- Apenters work-bench.`

the L-shaped'lever 9 to' mov t yof the `draw-bar12 iciiredto the outer face of the same inwardlyduring the'toperatin ofV fthe lever 9;. "of the said lever 9 isfa link lliwhichi is sei y Cured tothe prevent "fthe same y from falling out of .theviseinto the ,operati-,

any suitable manner the upper portion "and at the other to a link 22 16 will cause the same to move fand throw openy the vise.

end of the`4 work-bench thepurpose (1f-which will` o as provided 'atits lower` portion with -a draw-bar 6 formed witha se1iesof, notcl1es thereitrom.` VFulerumed, in thelstrap `4 is an L-shaped lever 9 near the upperportion of The movable jaw Patented sepaee, 1914. applicati@ aigjinecember 9, '1913.w9se1ia1 m8055961., "1 i, .i the vise lasis generallytheeustom. v.er veii-` fr ameis a transverse brace 'togwhich'is se-y i Cereflrhle .Strap 4, behereinaft'e'r describedf whiehformseats forthe plateS secured to i Y thefixed Jaw2 and extendingwoutwardly whi'chlris provided fatv the upper-portion thereof-witha removablel pin 11. 1 A drawyextends through the wlooped member lQfand lfwhich coperatewiththe upper end of e' the said drawbar laterally. Passed-through the outer end `thej aw totmovef .Pivoted at the ylower portion treadl'e-lever 16 mounted v for pivotal movement on apivotv Ypin 16` carried; by a'abracket 11'?.secured-Q the work-bench` Adjacent'to they aspur or tooth 19 which cooperates with a rack `2O secured to the standard 2; In order to maintain the vise in normally open position a spring 21 is secured at `one end to` of the 4Work-bench frame which is in turn fastened to the treadlel lever `lr6. It will be seen, that by the `operation of the treadlelever 16 the dog 19 is disengaged from the, rack 20 the tension of the spring on the leverV upwardly The operation of the device` is as `follows-The material having `been placed in the space betweenthe standard 2 and movable jaw 5 pressure is applied on the treadle-lever 16 thereby moving the L- shaped lever 9 on itspivot which causes its upper portion which is in engagement with one of the teeth of the draw-bar 12 to pull the same inwardly carrying with it the movis provided witha series of notchesr .isa 'pin 14j whichjis-se- 4 ra'me.y Alocped guide-wayal astendinr. y

onthe inner face of the iXedj aw 2'v prevents the outward .displace- 90 i forward end of the saidylever 16 is provided lie able jaw l5V f the material. Vihen the work has been coml' "spur or'tooth 19 at its bottoni'portion thereof by I movablejaw always maintained in a It will i entire surface of the ablefjaw, and at the same time, `l material iirmly in the vise.

and clamping the same against pleted and it is desired to open the vise the 's disengaged from therack 20 and the pressure of the foot is released from the treadle-lever 21v to exert its `:upward direction', thereby? .throwing out-'thedraw-bar 12,*and re- It willthen be easy to remove By r-emoving the pin-1ly from the L-shaped` member l()y the .draw-bar -12 "may bel moved freely therein V,for any given adjustment. It will be noted the strain is ,equally fixed jaw 1. A visefcomp and a looped guide pivoted to one end ofV saidlef ver, a Idraw-bar in said guide and engaging l' oprieslvofvthis patent may be said Iend yorthe lever, apin on said drawbar bearing against the outer surface of said allowing the spring, ,n pull on'the treadles lever 16 causing the link 15 to movethe L-' shapedlever 9 in a reverse l0 yleasing the ".'pr'essure of the pin 11i on the movable jaw. y

y the material from the vise.

upper draw-bar,- ya

i ally y secure' l means for rising, in combination, a movable Jaw, a lever, a

movable aw, and Imeans -onthe 4other .end of the same wherebyto said lever ifo-r turning movable'jaw toclose the vise.Y v I 2. In a rvise-hin'ring aframe-with a fixed jaw, anda movable jaw, upper and lower draw-bars carried bythe movable jaw and havingv notches in theirV lower edges, a plate 'Carried by the Xedj awfphaving an opening .l

ytherethrioug'h for' the reception of said lowerv draw-bar Aandgwith rwh'cli salidnnotehes are' ,Y adapted to" engage whereb'yft'o adjust Vthe ''draw-bar,V 'a lever pivotedon frame having one; endy engaging theV notches .of the Vreciprocate said draw-bar and cause the pin f carried thereby to exertl'pressure on *thel V- yolrecarried by*r4 the*v y ver-receiving the inner endll of' the :I upper 'p ldraw-bar, and means for reciprocating said "lever whereby to movesaid upperIjdraw-bar' -to open and closethevise.,l j y y' n 3. Ina vise having av framewith a iiXed.,

jawanda movable J ably and ends of said fixed bar carried upon aw, means for adjustandmovable jaws, a {drawthe upper end ofsaid movable jafw,g a lever supported on `the xe'd Y ried upon the lever 'engagpivotally oonnectingvthe" 'lower` ing the "draw-bar to ad'jnstaly andy pivotreciprocating the lever tofinove the draw-bar to thelever, andf" .mi

said draw-,bar whereby to open an l `elo'se ktli Q p movable jaw. p

y yIn testimony whereofljhvefherennto*set my hand in presence of twosubseribing wit- IIBSSQS.

n. sioni-Mmm? f i obtained for, five centseach, byjaddressingrthe Commissioner ofy Patents,A 1

Washington, D. C.` f 

